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Enquiries/Recommendations Notebook Recommendation Thread v.30, Ultrabook/Gaming Laptop

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lfcteh
post May 19 2018, 01:44 PM

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Hi all,

I am looking for laptop

1. Preferred brand : got good warranty claim service
2. Budget : Prefer below 3.5K
3. Usage : Mainly to read chart for stock trading purpose, movie, youtube, light illustractor/photoshop, occasionally gaming...

4. Screen Size : 15'' and good for viewing the trading chart for long time.

I need some suggestion from all the expert here
lfcteh
post May 19 2018, 04:00 PM

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QUOTE(Slick69 @ May 19 2018, 02:18 PM)
The best warranty is from Dell. But the Inspirons are a far cry from the ones I mentioned. You'll need to up your budget or find yourself a used Dell XPS 13/15.

Not a gamer right? Bussinessman?

- Acer Swift 3 with Ryzen 5 2500U and RX540 = RM3599
Haggle to lower the price. 256GB SSD. Full HD gaming at medium settings (Fortnight, Dota 2).Nice, big, 15.6 inch IPS for looking at charts for long time.

- Acer Swift 5 = RM3799 core i5 8250u
Great ultrabook, lots of battery life, it's a 14 incher with a nice, touch-enabled screen. Casual gaming at 720p. 256GB SSD.

- Acer Swift 5 = RM3499 core i5 7200u
Same spec as above. Lower cpu speed, photoshop is possible, but not as good as the Core i5 8250u

- Thunderobot 911 SE with 1050 ti 4GB = RM3499 (promotion)
Just mentioning, in case you are a gamer. Full HD at high settings gaming power. Maybe it's slick enough for business?
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hi Slick69,

Thanks for the recommendation. Just wonder is Aces laptop still stable? I know that last time Acer laptop always has many hardware problem. For Thunderobot 911 SE, is the warranty claim easy?

Thanks.
lfcteh
post May 20 2018, 04:55 PM

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QUOTE(Slick69 @ May 20 2018, 04:04 PM)
For Thunderobot, they are quite new, but as long as you send it to a big store like Thundermatch, they will handle it for you. Let the store do your work.

I wouldn't worry much about warranty, gaming laptop like this are actually very robust. Even IF the warranty is bad, anything that broke, is pretty easy to get it replaced

I see that you are an average user. Then I change my recommendation
If you're a college student :
I highly recommend that you buy the Thunderobot.

In short it had it's problems, but you can handle it. It should pass up as an office laptop. Use it as usual.
Just remove the battery before gaming, prop it up with a book and enjoy. Use ac or a table fan to keep it cool.

Besides, you'll be stupid not to get a 1050 ti laptop at RM3499!

-They may use cheaper thermal paste and low power fans, but the Core i5 7300HQ isn't too hot to begin with. So are the 1050 ti.
-The CPU shouldn't bottleneck the GPU. Getting a Core i7 does nothing to games.
-Hot but manageable.
-Thunderobot exhaust heat to your right hand, but you just prop it up with a book or something, big deal.
-SSD is hard to die on you, HDD is slow and I recommend changing it to an SSD ASAP. But it's FINE to use just as.
-The screen is low end IPS, but you won't find any better. Asus is using even worst screen but no one is complaining.
-Battery is surprisingly OK. You can even take it off to avoid overcharging and overheating the battery
As for Acer, it's more for office work with some gaming. Hardware failures are a bit on the luck side, I never had big problems with Acer yet.

Your odds are 70/100 with 30% chance of hardware failures.

They have been improving but my overall opinion is they are still the same old Acer. The ones we don't see, they will use cheap stuff.

Cons for the Acer are:

-Hot or throttled performance
-it's sure got SSD but slow. Still a hell of a lot faster than the fastest hdd though.
-IPS but not the best, pretty dim.
-Actually still quite heavy.
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Hi Silk69,

Thanks again for you detail explanation. Ha ha actually I am not a student, an old man already. I just need a laptop with big screen, good to view for long hours and also will project it to external 27'inch monitor, mostly to view on trading chart. Occasionally also do some video editing and gaming. Is it only gaming laptop that able to give good graphic and on big screen?

Thanks
lfcteh
post May 20 2018, 06:00 PM

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QUOTE(shirogawawa @ May 20 2018, 05:44 PM)
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what kind of games u played ?
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hi shirogawawa,

Mostly are RPG and strategy games.

Thanks

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